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50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp
… Image 50 Years of the Centennial Willa Cather Stamp The process—and celebration—of a commemorative … she preached. Miss Cather (1873-1947) echoed in many of her novels the same theme—the spirit and courage of pioneer … Cather Foundation? Enjoy browsing past issues HERE (this early Willa Cather Foundation Newsletter eventually became …
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Guided Seasonal Tour
… Black Hawk Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the National Endowment for the Arts … drawn readers into this classic novel for more than 100 years. As part of our NEA Big Read programming, guests are … W. 3rd Street This is the site where Anna Sadilek Pavelka’s first child was baptized and where Anna was married. This …
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Cather Sesquicentennial
… Image Cather Sesquicentennial Celebrating 150 Years We are … Littleton Alston's statuette of Willa Cather, a recent gift to the library where it will be permanently displayed … from Cather's fiction, journalism, and letters written or set in Pittsburgh between 1896 and 1929 • Birthday cookies …
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Visit Red Cloud This Holiday & Winter Season!
… cities in Europe where I used to love to go . . ." -Willa Cather in a letter to Carrie Miner Sherwood While Willa … once performed—has a changing variety of performances and gallery shows throughout the year. Watch our Event pages for …
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NEA Big Read: My Ántonia
… September 4, 2024 Willa Cather’s My Ántonia was among the fifty titles selected by the National Endowment for the Arts … drawn readers into this classic novel for more than 100 years. Just as gripping are her portrayal of obstacles such … the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial in Red Cloud, one of her first efforts was to bring Life magazine to Webster County …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Dedication & Ribbon-Cutting
… status as a literary pilgrimage destination for more than fifty years. Just six months after the house reopened on Willa … with a sloping ceiling, like my 'rose-bower' in our old first home. Do you remember?" —Cather in a 1945 letter to …
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Restored Willa Cather Childhood Home Reopens
… lighting for enhanced interpretation; a climate control system and a new roof and foundation. Enclosure of the attic …
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The Potter Family
… Street business district. Later J.Q. and Jacob opened the first grist mill west of Beatrice after they constructed, … War was on now and my father volunteered and spent three years in the service until the close of the war. He was … Orleans; N. F. Potter, Alma; twenty-six grandchildren, fifty great grandchildren.” (By Attorney Jas. S. Gilham) …
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Willa Cather Biography
… Willa Cather Biography A Great American Writer "Miss Cather is … published a review essay focused on nine new Cather-related volumes in a special issue of Modern Fiction Studies on Cather's work. This critical interest in Cather …
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Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway
… Image Willa Cather Childhood Home Restoration Underway Set to Reopen in December of 2023 Make a Gift to Benefit Ongoing Preservation Efforts! Donate Now The …
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